Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 113 Participation (2)

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the state-owned canteen was crowded. Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi ordered braised pork and steamed buns. While waiting for the dishes to be served, Liu Xiaoxi looked around at the surrounding environment.

As the figures moved around, she seemed to see a familiar figure among the crowd.

Without even taking his eyes off him, Liu Xiaoxi patted Gu Zhan on the shoulder and said, "Look, isn't that Gu Jun?"

Speaking of Gu Jun, Liu Xiaoxi is still a little scared. In the Gu family, Gu Jun has always made things difficult for her.

Gu Zhan followed Liu Xiaoxi's gaze and saw Gu Jun sitting at a table with a few others. However, those people looked unscrupulous.

"What is he doing?" Liu Xiaoxi asked in a low voice.

"Those few people don't look simple."

One of these people was someone Gu Zhan had seen in the newspaper in his previous life. It seemed that he had committed a crime and was sentenced to a heavy punishment.

As soon as Gu Zhan finished speaking, he saw Liu Xiaoxi still looking in Gu Jun's direction. He touched the face of the person next to him and said in a feigned displeasure, "Isn't it enough for you to look at me alone?"

Hearing Gu Zhan's jealous words, Liu Xiaoxi turned around and looked at Gu Zhan in surprise, retorting, "How could that be?"

"Since there isn't one, then just look at me."

After taking a look at Gu Zhan's increasingly angular profile, Liu Xiaoxi withdrew his gaze.

Amidst the passing crowd, Gu Jun also saw Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi sitting on the other side eating. He cursed "bad luck" in his heart and continued to entertain others.

He believed that as long as he and Gou Ge took this new path, they would have the opportunity to make a fortune in the future.

Thinking of this, when Gu Jun looked at Gu Zhan again, there was a hint of contempt and disdain in his eyes.

Just when Gu Jun's mind was wandering, Gou Ge patted Gu Jun's arm and said, "Junzi, what are you doing? Pour some water for the brothers!"

Gu Jun came back to his senses, smiled apologetically at them, stood up, picked up the white porcelain pot on the table and poured tea for them.

The weather in late October had begun to turn cold, and after dark there were not as many pedestrians on the streets as in summer. After Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi finished their meal, they strolled around the street and then went back to rest.

Gu Zhan got up early the next morning. He went out to buy breakfast and came back before Liu Xiaoxi woke up slowly.

"Wife, I have to go to a meeting first. Please wait here for a while. It will probably be over by lunch time. I will come back to pick you up for lunch."

Liu Xiaoxi, who had just woken up, looked like a docile kitten. He said "OK" in a soft voice and continued to sleep in the quilt.

Gu Zhan shook his head helplessly, leaned over and gently kissed Liu Xiaoxi on the forehead, then turned around, closed the door and left.

At the Agricultural Bureau, participants have arrived one after another.

As soon as Gu Zhan entered the room, Guo Kai and Zheng Guodong hurriedly stood up and greeted Gu Zhan in unison: "Comrade Gu, you are here too? It's been a long time since we last met!" Guo Kai greeted Gu Zhan with a smile.

Having experienced the entire process of preparing penicillin with Gu Zhan, he was impressed by the abilities Gu Zhan demonstrated. When he met Gu Zhan again, he felt extremely excited.

"Comrade Xiao Gu, we meet again." Zheng Guodong also came over.

"Hello, nice to see you again."

"Xiao Gu, what are you here for this time?" The two technicians from the Agricultural Technology Center were very curious. It was said that today they were going to discuss the rationality of intercropping corn and soybeans. What was Xiao Gu doing here?

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Changzhi walked in with a notebook.

When he saw Gu Zhan, he nodded from a distance as a greeting.

Guo Kai and Zheng Guodong stood by and looked at each other.

At the meeting, Zhu Changzhi first gave a brief explanation of the method of intercropping corn and soybeans, and then invited agricultural technicians from each commune to speak.

Except for Li Li, an agricultural technician from Xiaohe Town Commune, no one else had ever seen this planting method. For a while, the conference room was filled with subdued whispers of discussion.

Zhu Changzhi was very patient and waited for everyone's discussion results.

When it was everyone's turn to speak, their opinions were actually very conservative. They were more worried that soybeans and corn would compete for nutrients, or that the soybeans would not get enough sunlight, and they were afraid that they would lose money even if they planted seeds but still not get a harvest.

When it was Xiaohe Town Commune's turn, Li Li spoke in a way that was completely different from everyone else's. She had seen this planting method in Shanghe Village, where corn and soybeans grew well, so she spoke boldly.

The bold speech attracted the attention of all the participants. Li Li caught a glimpse of it and felt proud. She boldly shifted her gaze to Gu Zhan, but found that he did not even look at her. She felt a little disappointed for a moment.

Zhu Changzhi also had some appreciation for Li Li's speech at this time. She was an agricultural technician from Xiaohe Town Commune and had probably seen the results of intercropping corn and soybeans. However, she was able to come up with new ideas at the meeting, which made her a young person with ideas.

After Li Li spoke, Zhu Changzhi also smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, the speech of Xiaohe Town Commune makes sense.

Finally, after all 13 communes had finished speaking, Zhu Changzhi introduced the example of corn and soybean planting in Shanghe Village, Xiaohe Town Commune: "Now, I would like to invite Comrade Gu Zhan, who proposed the idea of ​​intercropping corn and soybeans, to speak."

Gu Zhan did not bring any manuscripts. He raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the people in the conference room. His voice, as clear as spring water, spread in the conference room.

"Hello everyone, I'm Gu Zhan from Shanghe Village. Actually, intercropping corn and soybeans has been around for a long time, but Shanghe Village only started trying it this year due to seed shortages."

After a pause, Gu Zhan pulled out four marked corn cobs from his bag. "Please look, these are corn cobs from our Shanghe Village Production Brigade. These two are home-grown seed cobs, one larger and one smaller. Also, these two are seeds allocated by the county, one larger and one smaller."

When Gu Zhan took out the corn cob, the technicians from various communes opened their eyes wide and looked at what was in their hands.

Zhu Changzhi nodded with satisfaction. Gu Zhan, this boy, was silent but very thorough in his work. This corn cob was better than any unconvincing speech.

"Also, I want to say that there are tricks to growing crops. As long as we slightly improve our planting methods, we can have unexpected harvests."

Gu Zhan handed the two sets of corn cobs to the technicians from each commune sitting in the left and right rows respectively, and asked them to observe the two sets of corn cobs closely.

Guo Kai and Zheng Guodong were filled with excitement when listening to Gu Zhan's speech. They thought it was amazing that Gu Zhan could prepare penicillin, but they didn't expect that he had this ability?

The two men took the two bundles of corn in their hands and weighed them. Zheng Guodong said, "Is it heavier than our corn this year?"

"Indeed!" Guo Kai nodded.